Specifically my Mama's recipe of lasagna. It is divine. It's called "Lazy Lasagna" and it is lazy and it is delicious. Don't get me wrong, I've had good lasagna but nothing beats my Mama's recipe. We had it for dinner tonight and I feel like Garfield every time we have it. For the record, I think my Gratitude Attitude for today (lasagna) is also shared by my family. :)
There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.
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